Smash Comics #28 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1941

About Smash Comics #28

The Ray, Bozo the Robot, Midnight (whose covers start in this issue), and The Jester stories. Gill Fox cover. Jack Cole and Reed Crandall art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Jester [Chuck Lane] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset); Rookie Rankin (inset); Doc Mortimer Wackey (inset); Gabby (a monkey) (inset)

Pencils: Gill Fox

Inks: Gill Fox

STORY DETAILS

(13 Stories)

Title: Zimmerman's Spy Ring

Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Chita; Zimmerman (villain); Zimmerman's spy ring (villains)

Synopsis: The Ray and Bud break up a Mexican spy ring.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Inks: Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Title: The Liquifying Ray

Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey)

Synopsis: Midnight and Gabby face a gang of crooks with an amazing ray weapon that can melt anything in Big City.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils: Jack Cole (signed)

Inks: Jack Cole (signed)

Letters: Jack Cole

Title: Tiny Gano's Insurance Racket

Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Tiny Gano (introduction)

Pages: 5.000

Script: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed)

Letters: Paul Gustavson

Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Characters: Kent Thurston; Nazis; Roy Mason

Synopsis: An invisible airplane based in a dirigible is used to kidnap the new Defense chief, Roy Mason.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Title: The Rescue of Madame Doom

Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Captain Vidman (introduction); Madame Doom (villain)

Synopsis: Black X tracks down stolen navy charts as two gangs of spies vie for their possession.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Lane French [as Erwin] (signed)

Pencils: Witmer Williams

Inks: Witmer Williams

Notes: Williams is credited on drawing this feature. Writer revision from Eisner to French by Craig Delich. Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).

Title: The Modern Train Robbers

Characters: Wildfire; Mutt Morgan and his gang; Mr and Mrs Martin

Synopsis: Wildire takes on a gang of train robbers, after a gold shipment that's riding on the same train as she and her parents.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Robert Turner (signed)

Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks: Jim Mooney

Characters: Wings Wendall; Kurt (introduction, dies); Nita; Dr. Goth; Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Synopsis: A parachutist tries to assassinate the president.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6

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